The hope was Tomas Satoransky would be enough this season.
On Wednesday he was for the Bulls, as very little was needed from the starting point guard on a night where the Hawks came into town, seemingly went through the motions, collected some checks, and headed for the airport.
In one of their better performances of the season, the home team took full advantage of a lifeless Atlanta roster, man-handling them 136-102 at the United Center.
But what remained on full display is the continued realization that the rebuild needs a scoring point guard if the Bulls want to push this in the right direction.